AGC Obeikan Glass obtains Cradle to Cradle certificate

AGC Obeikan Glass obtains Cradle to Cradle certificate
05.04.2021

Cradle to CradleTM Bronze achieved for our double silver magnetron coated glass products – Stopray Vision and Stopray Ace range - manufactured in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

The Cradle to Cradle Certified™ products program is the world’s most advanced multi-stakeholder standard for designing and making products for the circular economy. It is an approach which evaluates a product’s overall sustainability across its entire life cycle. It expands the definition of design quality to include positive effects on economic, ecological and social health. To obtain certification, the product must meet strict standards in five categories related to health and environmental protection. These categories are Material Health, Material Reutilization, Renewable Energy & Carbon Management, Water Stewardship and Social Fairness.  Product recieves achievement level – Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum - in each of these five categories and the lowest achievement level represents the product’s overal mark.

AGC Obeikan magnetron coated double silver glass products Stopray Vision-40T, Stopray Vision-51T, Stopray Vision-72T, Stopray Titanium—34T and Stopray Ace-30T obtained Platinum level in Material Health, Gold level in Water Stewardship, Silver level in Material Reutilization and Social Fairness, and Bronze level in Renewable Energy & Carbon Management, thus achieving overal certification at Bronze level.